Dumping-car.



R. V. SAGE & J. J. TATUM. DUMPING CAR.

APPLICATION FILED JANA). 1915.

1,155,759. Patented Oct. 5, 1915.

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R. V. SAGE & J. J. TATUM.

DUMPING CAR.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.9, 1915.

Patented Oct. 5, 1915.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 5, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, RALPH V. SAGE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, and JOHN J. TATUM, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dumping-Cars; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in dumping cars and more particularly to cars of the hopper bottom type,the object of the invention being to provide substantial, rigid means connecting the sides of the car to prevent bulging of the same.

A further object is to provide a cross brace in which a minimum thickness of metal may be employed and at the same time have'suflicient strength and rigidity to effectually withstand the strains to which it may be subjected.

Vith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts as hereinafter set forth and pointed out in the claims. r

In the accompanying drawings; Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a portion of a hopper bottom car showing an em bodiment of our invention; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same; Fig. 3 is a transverse section, Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail view, and Fig.5 is a detail sectional view showing the brace as comprising a plurality of sheets.

1 represents a hopper bottom car; 2, 2, the sides thereof, 3 the central. transverse hood, and L the center girder.

At the center of the car, our improved transverse bracing sheet 5 is located. This brace comprises a sheet of comparatively light metal formed with a series of contiguous horizontal corrugations 6 and having sufiicient width to extend from one car side to the other. At its side edges, the c0rrurigidly secured to the sheet gated sheet 5 is provided with straight vertical flanges disposed at right angles to the sheet and riveted to the sides of the car. The upper edge of the sheet is reinforced by means of a horizontal sheet metal corrugated strip 7 having flat faces 8 seated against flat faces 9 near the upper portion of the sheet,-said reinforcing strip being 5 by means of strip is pro- 11 riveted to rivets 10. The reinforcing vided at its ends with flanges the sides of the car.

The lower portion 12 of the bracing sheet 5 is disposed between the upturned flanges 13 at the apeX of the hood 3, to which said bracing sheet is riveted, and the latter depends below the apex of the hood 3 and has angle irons secured thereto at its respective ends and against its respective faces,said angle irons being also riveted to the car sides.

By means of our improvements, we are enabled to effectually brace the sides of the car body against lateral or bulging strains, throughout its full height, and this result is accomplished with the use of comparatively thin sheet metal. If desired, the brace may comprise a plurality of sheets 6 having flanges 5 at their vertical edges, as shown in Fig. 5.

Having fully described our invention what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is

1. The combination with a hopper bot tom car having a transverse hood, of a sheet metal dividing wall having horizontal corrugations, said dividing wall disposed between the sides of the car and having flanges secured to the latter, the lower portion of said corrugated wall being anchored to the apex of the hood and extending upwardly to the plane of the top of the car sides, and a transverse sheet metal strip secured to the upper edge of the sheet metal dividing wall and to the car sides, said transverse strip having a corrugation which is reverse to the upper corrugation of the dividing wall.

.2 The combination with a hopper bottom I carhaving a transverse hood, said hood havingupwardly projecting flanges at its center, of a sheet metal dividing sheet having horizontal corrugations and provided at its vertical edges With flanges secured to the sides of the car, said dividing sheet having a plain tail portion extending downwardly between the flanges of the hood and terminating under the latter, means securing said tail portion to said flanges, and angle irons securing said tail portion of the dividing sheet to the sides of the car.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presence of tWo subscribing- Witnesses. I

V, :JQHN J TATU-M. WVitnesses:

SIMON GREENBAUM, A. H. BEAUMON'L.

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